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this is something that slipped out of the tongue of assad. >> what exactly is assad saying? whether it's a slip of the tongue or not, he's admitting he has those weapons so under what circumstances will he use them? >> i thought it was dramatic that the prime minister of turkey said he was worried those weapons night be used against the syrian people themselves. as you know the united states is also basically said, at least that's what it's hinting that if any chemical weapons or any weapons of mass destruction or even potentially thought about being used that would be the u.s. red line. this is where the international community is coalescing. not intervening to save the current slaughter, to stop it but say if there's a threat of a bigger slaughter with weapons of mass destruction that's where they will intervene and that's where the cia is involved. they are in turkey, in the area and keeping a close eye on who has and where are those stockpiles. weeks ago there was a huge bruhaha after the syrian spokesman said syria would never use weapons of mass destruction against its
this is something that slipped out of the tongue of assad. >> what exactly is assad saying? whether it's a slip of the tongue or not, he's admitting he has those weapons so under what circumstances will he use them? >> i thought it was dramatic that the prime minister of turkey said he was worried those weapons night be used against the syrian people themselves. as you know the united states is also basically said, at least that's what it's hinting that if any chemical weapons or...
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if and when assad falls, what is the attitude of the syrians. but the u.s. hasn't wanted to play a card. europe hasn't wanted to play a card. if anything, they stay away as far as they possibly can and as a result, they don't have much leverage. >> thanks very much. always appreciate your insights. >>> more news developing this other including this -- >>> >> as chicago deals with crime screen, another crisis. its massive school system shut down. 30,000 teachers walk out. >>> plus the feds reportedly spending big bucks on a new high tech system to fight crime. this one are being mizs your face. >>> and in syria, rebels being a crews the government of dropping tnt barrels. and they say craters like this one prove it. [ female announcer ] quaker yogurt granola bars. they're whole grain good... and yummy good. real fruit pieces. 12 grams of whole grains and a creamy yogurt flavored coating. quaker yogurt granola bars. treat yourself good. to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20
if and when assad falls, what is the attitude of the syrians. but the u.s. hasn't wanted to play a card. europe hasn't wanted to play a card. if anything, they stay away as far as they possibly can and as a result, they don't have much leverage. >> thanks very much. always appreciate your insights. >>> more news developing this other including this -- >>> >> as chicago deals with crime screen, another crisis. its massive school system shut down. 30,000 teachers...
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>> i think it adds to the growing consensus that the days of assad and the assad regime are nearing an end. he is trying his best to maintain control but he is losing control on a day by day basis. >> so the defection, does that help to under score a weakening of assad's regime or hold of the country? >> it is reminiscent of the libyans who started to defect near the end of the gadhafi regime. it looks a lot like the last days of libya when so many senior libyan officials were starting to defect, as well. >> very complex situation taking place. >>> alabama governor robert bentley is setting the record straight at the national governor's convention. he mapd comments yesterday about mitt romney's financial records and said i think he ought to release everything. i believe in total transparency. if you have things to hide then you may be doing things wrong. now bentley says he comments were taken out of context. in a statement published he says this. i believe in transparency and that was the basis for my answer. there was no effort to imply that mr. romney has anything to hide. >>> the c
>> i think it adds to the growing consensus that the days of assad and the assad regime are nearing an end. he is trying his best to maintain control but he is losing control on a day by day basis. >> so the defection, does that help to under score a weakening of assad's regime or hold of the country? >> it is reminiscent of the libyans who started to defect near the end of the gadhafi regime. it looks a lot like the last days of libya when so many senior libyan officials were...
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find ways to bring an urgent end to the ongoing bloodshed there and to prepare for a post-bashar al assad period in syria. but she also said they had to look at ways to try to speed up this transition without making bloodshed worse. she said now is an important time for analysis and said that the u.s. and turkey would set up a working group which would include the military and tin tell jens agencies to come up with contingency plans. i was, frankly, surprised to hear this, randi, because this is not a new problem. the syrian crisis has been going on for 17 months. more than 17,000 people by conservative estimates have been killed. around 150,000 rev gees. and now the u.s. secretary of state was talking about analysis and contingency plans almost as if this was a new problem. >> yeah, where has all that analysis been, exactly. let me ask you about her number one goal. she has said it is to hasten an end to the bloodshed, but how might that happen? is it safe to assume she's ruling out military means and is talking about nonmilitary measures? >> the u.s. is still talking about nonlethal ass
find ways to bring an urgent end to the ongoing bloodshed there and to prepare for a post-bashar al assad period in syria. but she also said they had to look at ways to try to speed up this transition without making bloodshed worse. she said now is an important time for analysis and said that the u.s. and turkey would set up a working group which would include the military and tin tell jens agencies to come up with contingency plans. i was, frankly, surprised to hear this, randi, because this...
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after a two-day fierce gun battle they managed to drive assad forces out. they can't hold the hospital but at least they say fornow the government doesn't. the government response will be fear. these days the only certainty is that across the country more will die on both sides of the spectrum and those caught in between. >> arwa live in beirut. they know now they are out gunned, out manned. air strike proof. what pushes them to fight knowing these kinds of repercussions? >> reporter: at this stage they say they have no other choice. they will remind you that when this uprising began they were out demonstrating peacefully and then it was assad forces that fired upon them killing them, forcing them to pick up weapons and now it's resulted in the syrian uprising. what began as a peaceful revolution calls for the assad regime turning into this all out civil war forcing both sides into this situation where they are so hardened against one another bringing them to any sort of negotiation table at this point in time is not realistic. they have no choice to fight
after a two-day fierce gun battle they managed to drive assad forces out. they can't hold the hospital but at least they say fornow the government doesn't. the government response will be fear. these days the only certainty is that across the country more will die on both sides of the spectrum and those caught in between. >> arwa live in beirut. they know now they are out gunned, out manned. air strike proof. what pushes them to fight knowing these kinds of repercussions? >>...
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because it seems like everybody else who has, you know, cut ties with bashar al assad hasn't seemed to have a big impact on that dictator. >> reporter: yeah. that's really i think the question a lot of people asking here right now. the heads of state will vote on that tonight. well, this is a massive organization. it's a largest international organization outside of the u.n. represents about 1.5 million muslims around the world from 57 different states so we can't underestimate the sort of weightiness of the organization but, you know, what about those teeth? okay. kick s out syria and means nothing unless these states arm themselves and go in to syria and remove assad himself which is not on the agenda but the reality is that assad is really given up listening to about anybody other than those that support him, iran, china, russia. ashleigh? >> thank you, nic. >>> further east to thailand. this is a story of a politician, but before you say what do i need to say about a thai politician? a former wife and a uzi, a sub machine gun and took it to a restaurant and did not come out well. z
because it seems like everybody else who has, you know, cut ties with bashar al assad hasn't seemed to have a big impact on that dictator. >> reporter: yeah. that's really i think the question a lot of people asking here right now. the heads of state will vote on that tonight. well, this is a massive organization. it's a largest international organization outside of the u.n. represents about 1.5 million muslims around the world from 57 different states so we can't underestimate the sort...
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isn't he telling bashar al assad he can do anything up to that? >> international envoy is meeting in cairo tomorrow with officials to discuss the crisis. >>> tuesday in this country america will honor 9/11. s. [ female announcer ] it doesn't always work out that way. you know what? we're spending too much money on eating out anyway. honey, come look at this. [ female announcer ] my money map from wells fargo is a free online tool that helps you track your spending. so instead of having to deal with a tight budget, you could have a tighter family. ♪ wells fargo. together we'll go far. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive option than using a traditional lawyer? well, legalzoom came up with a better way. we took the best of the old and combined it with modern technology. together you get quality services on your terms, with total customer support. legalzoom documents have been accepted in all 50 states, and they're backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee. so go to legalzoom.com today and see for yourself. it's law that just ma
isn't he telling bashar al assad he can do anything up to that? >> international envoy is meeting in cairo tomorrow with officials to discuss the crisis. >>> tuesday in this country america will honor 9/11. s. [ female announcer ] it doesn't always work out that way. you know what? we're spending too much money on eating out anyway. honey, come look at this. [ female announcer ] my money map from wells fargo is a free online tool that helps you track your spending. so instead of...
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in fact, to take a position to try and get assad out of government. that's the real u.s. effort. underlying all this is the violence in syria grows, you see sectarian warfare and the instability growth. that becomes very destabilizing across the middle east. that becomes as tragic as syria is an even boarder problem for both the u.s. and russia an all of the allies to have to deal with. brooke. >> thank you. we talk about russia when it comes to syria, a key player there. we also have to talk about china. i want to let you know that president obama will be meeting with china's president in just a couple of hours. their sit down comes amid all this new talk about a wider role for china in mideast politics and in syria. harvard professor said it's time to carry its own ring. chie ma is the world supreme free rider. china ease oil con sujs has doubled. they contribute nothing to stability in the heartland. i was talking to our foreign affairs correspondent asking her if it's realistic at all to believe that china could play a larger role in solving the crisis. here is what she told
in fact, to take a position to try and get assad out of government. that's the real u.s. effort. underlying all this is the violence in syria grows, you see sectarian warfare and the instability growth. that becomes very destabilizing across the middle east. that becomes as tragic as syria is an even boarder problem for both the u.s. and russia an all of the allies to have to deal with. brooke. >> thank you. we talk about russia when it comes to syria, a key player there. we also have to...
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the blood has spilled onto bashar al assad's doorstep. ask syrian forces have responded by stepping up detentions and interrogations. we got a chance to interview a pro-democracy activist recently released from detention. in spite of the stigma associated with the abuses he suffered, he wanted to tell us his story. >> reporter: the families of those in detention aren't allowed to visit or communicate with their loved ones. this mother told me she hadn't even received an official notification that her son is in government custody. >> reporter: back in central damascus, for now at least, the gunfire had stopped. but for how much longer? mom: ready to go to work? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ every mom needs a little helper. that's why i got a subaru. announcer: love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. they're whole grain good... and yummy good. real fruit pieces. 12 grams of whole grains and a creamy yogurt flavored coating. quaker yogurt granola bars. treat yourself good. >>> before i let you go i just wanted to take you behind the scenes because 50,00
the blood has spilled onto bashar al assad's doorstep. ask syrian forces have responded by stepping up detentions and interrogations. we got a chance to interview a pro-democracy activist recently released from detention. in spite of the stigma associated with the abuses he suffered, he wanted to tell us his story. >> reporter: the families of those in detention aren't allowed to visit or communicate with their loved ones. this mother told me she hadn't even received an official...
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government troops have loaded bombs with sarin gas in what may be the last-ditch attempt for president assad to hold onto power. but as barbara starr reports now, a u.s. military strike on syria is not without risk. >> reporter: with the u.s. now believing the syrian government has chemical-filled bombs, cnn has learned the pentagon is secretly updating military strike options for president obama in the event he orders action. a senior u.s. official tells cnn a strike could be carried out with the ships and aircraft already stationed in the region. the planning is being driven by the latest intelligence which u.s. officials say shows sarin gas has been loaded into aerial bombs in at least two locations near airfields. syria seems to have crossed the line drawn by the president last august. >> a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. >> reporter: this week that line seems to have shifted with warnings from the president, secretary of defense panetta, and others focusing on what happens if assad uses the weapons. >> see, these line
government troops have loaded bombs with sarin gas in what may be the last-ditch attempt for president assad to hold onto power. but as barbara starr reports now, a u.s. military strike on syria is not without risk. >> reporter: with the u.s. now believing the syrian government has chemical-filled bombs, cnn has learned the pentagon is secretly updating military strike options for president obama in the event he orders action. a senior u.s. official tells cnn a strike could be carried out...
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the pentagon believes it's an indicator that bashir al assad's forces are getting exhausted, worship out, their equipment is getting worn out so they need outside help to train up a whole new round of forces so they can carry on. as for the opposition, the pentagon says it can now confirm, yes, it believes a few days ago the opposition shot down their first syrian fighter jet. ashleigh? >> well, and the video sure shows that. nice to have that confirmation. let me ask you quickly, in mecca in saudi arabia, this latest comment from leon panetta and the suggestion that iran is doing this, it can't be going well in this conference when so many arab states disagree with what bashar al assad is doing. >> you're absolutely right. this is some 57 nations going on in mecca right now. very serious business for the nations attending there, iran claiming to be part of the effort to find a solution. you see the iranian leader there with some of the other leaders, but, look. this is happening while everyone's looking for a solution. panetta is pointing out that the iranians are inside syria stirr
the pentagon believes it's an indicator that bashir al assad's forces are getting exhausted, worship out, their equipment is getting worn out so they need outside help to train up a whole new round of forces so they can carry on. as for the opposition, the pentagon says it can now confirm, yes, it believes a few days ago the opposition shot down their first syrian fighter jet. ashleigh? >> well, and the video sure shows that. nice to have that confirmation. let me ask you quickly, in...
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when people say if you arm the opposition, it might get worse, but look at what assad is doing to the people. >> well, vetting the political opposition, and then vetting -- >> well, if we had been doing this in the last year, maybe it would be done by now, and we wasted a lot of time in the security council. >> what do you do from now on? >> from now on i hope that the vetting has been done. >> we are hearing reports that it is happening. >> nthen in that case, arm the opposition to resist the terror of the assad regime and resist the iranian interference in the affairs of the syrian people so that we can do something about the terrible spillover that is happening to lebanon and turkey and iraq. >> and would you say the u.s. should be arming the rebels? >> i think that the united states should be participating in the arming of the rebels, because we have to remember, and you know this region as well as anyone, there are regional agendas by the outside powers that are essentially confessional agendas, the sunnis arming sunnis and the she yas arming shias, and europe and the united stat
when people say if you arm the opposition, it might get worse, but look at what assad is doing to the people. >> well, vetting the political opposition, and then vetting -- >> well, if we had been doing this in the last year, maybe it would be done by now, and we wasted a lot of time in the security council. >> what do you do from now on? >> from now on i hope that the vetting has been done. >> we are hearing reports that it is happening. >> nthen in that...
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. >> reporter: asma assad stood smiling by her man as the syrian president cast his ballot last february in a constitutional referendum held in the a backdrop of escalatiing violenc. she remains silent even though it wasn't that long ago that she declared herself a local defender of human rights. >> this is a conflict that's been going on for too long. we have a choice. we can either sit by and we can sit and watch our tv screens and watch atrocities and see some horrific images or we can get up and do something about it. >> reporter: she issued that call to action in a 2009 interview with cnn during the three week bombardment of gaza that left palestinians dead. >> nobody is immune from what's happening. we've heard of women, children being killed, medics, journalists. it seems like it affects everyone. >> reporter: the trouble is for most of the the last year and a half, syrian security forces have been documented committing horrific abuses against syrian citizens. this month cnn recorded syrian war planes repeatedly bombing aleppo. cnn witnessed a hospital targeted twice by war planes
. >> reporter: asma assad stood smiling by her man as the syrian president cast his ballot last february in a constitutional referendum held in the a backdrop of escalatiing violenc. she remains silent even though it wasn't that long ago that she declared herself a local defender of human rights. >> this is a conflict that's been going on for too long. we have a choice. we can either sit by and we can sit and watch our tv screens and watch atrocities and see some horrific images or...
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. >>> in syria president bashar al assad attended prayers. rebels say the vice president has defected. nic robertson has details. >> reporter: what we can learn from this, the fact that vice president wasn't there at this important prayer service is that the government has been lying. they have been saying he has no intentions to defect yet now we see if the situation was normal he would have been there with the president and other government officials and he wasn't. it doesn't mean we know where he is. what rebels are telling us is the commanders have lost communications with him and they don't know exactly where the vice president is. he is trying to get out of the country to jordan. they are concerned, they say, that if his family is captured then he may be forced into surrendering. these images of president bashar al assad appearing at this tiny mosque close to his presidential palace tell us quite a lot. this is a rare appearance by him in the first place. normally he would attend these important prayers in the center of damascus. he has
. >>> in syria president bashar al assad attended prayers. rebels say the vice president has defected. nic robertson has details. >> reporter: what we can learn from this, the fact that vice president wasn't there at this important prayer service is that the government has been lying. they have been saying he has no intentions to defect yet now we see if the situation was normal he would have been there with the president and other government officials and he wasn't. it doesn't...
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assets and that they would work on setting up contingency plans in the event of the down fall of the assad regime. basically, analysis for the future about the crisis that has been tearing syria apart for more than a year. when asked about what fears clinton had about syria, she said one fear was that it could become a breeding ground for terrorism. take a listen. >> we worry about terrorists, pkk, al qaeda, and others taking advantage of the legitimate fight of the syrian people for their freedom to use syria, to promote their own agendas, and even to, perhaps, find footholds to launch attacks against others. >> in private conversations with cnn, turkish officials have expressed frustration with what they have characterized as u.s. foot dragging on the biggest crisis currently facing the middle east. one turkish diplomat saying that it feels like turkey has been left alone to deal with the refugee crisis and the conflict across the border. another turkish diplomat telling cnn now that the u.s. asked for this special round of urgent talks with the turkish prime minister and president and f
assets and that they would work on setting up contingency plans in the event of the down fall of the assad regime. basically, analysis for the future about the crisis that has been tearing syria apart for more than a year. when asked about what fears clinton had about syria, she said one fear was that it could become a breeding ground for terrorism. take a listen. >> we worry about terrorists, pkk, al qaeda, and others taking advantage of the legitimate fight of the syrian people for...
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you can imagine a situation where the assad government picks a fight to widen the conflict. i don't know why they would do that but maybe they've come up with a theory that gives them a better shot at survival. maybe there's an intervention that freezes the regime in its current state. but dying regime with their back against the wall, those are unpredictable and dangerous regimes. i think all options are possible. i don't mean options on the table, but i mean there are a lot of different scene ae aeros could go baedly. it's more dangerous than the iranian situation right now. >> not good to hear. jim walsh, thank you for touching on all three of those top news stories for us. appreciate your insight this afternoon. we should add to the story as well that nato secretary-general says that the defensive missiles could be in place on the turk yishg syrian border in just weeks. in the meantime, the news out of syria from the opposition, 123 more people have been killed across syria so far just today. we're only midday. apparently 30 of them children in a refugee camp. americans
you can imagine a situation where the assad government picks a fight to widen the conflict. i don't know why they would do that but maybe they've come up with a theory that gives them a better shot at survival. maybe there's an intervention that freezes the regime in its current state. but dying regime with their back against the wall, those are unpredictable and dangerous regimes. i think all options are possible. i don't mean options on the table, but i mean there are a lot of different scene...
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will al assad bow to the pressure? how will he react to all of this? >> well, so far he plans to carry on fighting according to the international security assessments, he has used 70% of the military force and appears to be on content to fight with helicopters and gunships shelling around the country, and still going on to dday, and so is going to go down fighting, it a appears and the consensus, and we heard this from the prime minister who quit in the past few weeks that al assad controls less than 30% of the country, but he is fighting and pushing the effort to show unity and continuing the fight to hang on. it is not set to change him right now, randi. >> and even as the things appear to be crumbling around him. let's talk about the united nations observer mission, and that ends today. is it seen as a success, nic, or failure? >> you know, it was almost a sort of failure from the beginning in many people's eyes. they came in to monitor the u.n. cease-fire in the beginning of april and the casualty toll at that time fell into the single digits for a
will al assad bow to the pressure? how will he react to all of this? >> well, so far he plans to carry on fighting according to the international security assessments, he has used 70% of the military force and appears to be on content to fight with helicopters and gunships shelling around the country, and still going on to dday, and so is going to go down fighting, it a appears and the consensus, and we heard this from the prime minister who quit in the past few weeks that al assad...
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head bandages, a voice says, this is the fate of your pilots, assad. this is not an isolated incident. in the same vicinity close to the city in a span of 24 hours rebels claim they not only brought down this fighter jet, but also, two helicopters. video posted to youtube shows a trail of smoke and a helicopter bursting in to flames but there's no way for us to confirm when and where this happened. these dramatic developments are a result of a pitched battle fought here at the 46 regiment base just over a week ago. for nearly two months hassan tells us they laid siege to the base after clearing the villages around it of assad's forces and positioning rebel snipers in the area. the final battle to take this massive base lasted 24 hours chls rebel fighters used artillery captured of another unit on the base firing in it to the building and ending the battle. for this rebel unit, there was a treasure trove of weaponry and most important of all, anti-aircraft missiles, hurgss of them. though not all functioning the fighters tell us. video posted to youtube
head bandages, a voice says, this is the fate of your pilots, assad. this is not an isolated incident. in the same vicinity close to the city in a span of 24 hours rebels claim they not only brought down this fighter jet, but also, two helicopters. video posted to youtube shows a trail of smoke and a helicopter bursting in to flames but there's no way for us to confirm when and where this happened. these dramatic developments are a result of a pitched battle fought here at the 46 regiment base...
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and despite the numbers and the deaths, syria's president, bashar al assad said and i'm quoting him "the situation is much better." cnn has been getting account of what's going on inside syria for two weeks. for safety reasons we are not naming this journalist. the voices have been altered. we have to warn you as always. this is war. this is war up close. some of the images you're about to see get very, very graphic. take a look. >> reporter: even as battles raged in its suburbs, the center of damascus remained a haven from the violence threatening to engulf the capital, but all that was changing. just got woken up by a series of explosions somewhere out there in the distance. it's like this every night although it normally calms down just before the dawn and then kicks back up as te day goes on. tonight's been pretty bad. down on the street below we can hear -- i don't know if you can hear the gunfire, but this is the closest it's ever been. you can e lining up for shelter by theide of the rad under the buils there. it sounds very, very close. this is late afternoon, so it's still ru
and despite the numbers and the deaths, syria's president, bashar al assad said and i'm quoting him "the situation is much better." cnn has been getting account of what's going on inside syria for two weeks. for safety reasons we are not naming this journalist. the voices have been altered. we have to warn you as always. this is war. this is war up close. some of the images you're about to see get very, very graphic. take a look. >> reporter: even as battles raged in its...
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and it now appears it's not a question of if, but when the assad regime collapses. i spoke with mideast expert andrew tabler about this last hour. here's what he told me. >> i think increasingly welcome it looks like assad will try to shoot his way out of this, but be unable to do so over part of our syrian territory. so you can see the regime's control shrinking, which it already has in a de facto sense. and with that, you would see some sort of collapse of syria as we know it, at least for the temporary -- in the immediate term. >> there is a lot of fear, andrew, about the stockpile of chemical weaponry that is believed to be inside of syria. and if you can, walk me through the cost and the benefits, if the israelis were to go into syria and try to raid this stock mile, how would that be beneficial, both to israel, to the rest of the world, but also to syria? >> it could be very dangerous, in the sense that you have 45 estimated sites or maybe more that could be bombed and those would kill a lot of civilians in the process. that could backfire politically and stre
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who would be significant coming out of syria would be somebody who could replace bashar al assad and somebody who could lead that country andp reunite it after all of the violence and the bloodshed it has seen and those figures are not coming out, and that is what they say would be significant, but of course a blow to the regime that yet another person, especially a man as close to bashar al assad's father, to have him step away and repudiate the regime would certainly be a blow to them. back to you, randi. >> jim clancy, thank you. >>> the party platform that is going to be voted on at the republican national convention has gotten attention and i will ask one of the authors about the most controversial plank, abortion. >>> and i will take to jeanne cernan about the first man on the moon who died yesterday at age 82. [ male announcer ] whether it's kevin's smartphone... mom's smartphone... dad's tablet... or lauren's smartphone... at&t has a plan built to help make families' lives easier. introducing at&t mobile share. one plan lets you share data on up to 10 devices with unlimited t
who would be significant coming out of syria would be somebody who could replace bashar al assad and somebody who could lead that country andp reunite it after all of the violence and the bloodshed it has seen and those figures are not coming out, and that is what they say would be significant, but of course a blow to the regime that yet another person, especially a man as close to bashar al assad's father, to have him step away and repudiate the regime would certainly be a blow to them. back...
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the foreign minster here to the right of president assad, he told state-run media that assad's government is losing control of more of syria. here's a quote "we need to look the facts in the eye and unfortunately we cannot exclude a victory by the opposition." russia was 1 of the votes that kept him from acting against assad. we heard this from native secretary general. >> i think the regime in damascus is approaching collapse. i think now is only a question of time. >> how significant is this here? hello to you. we can talk about possible low assad leaving syria. now do you think that might be more serious? >> no. the question is how significant is the deputy foreign minster and my answer is very significant. this is a high level kremlin official saying russia is syria's most important friend. they are fulfilling military contract and blocking resolutions. it is publicly saying you read part of the quote thatty we must face the facts. then the deputy foreign minster added an opposition victory cannot be excluded. let's put it into context. they are not saying assad should step down and s
the foreign minster here to the right of president assad, he told state-run media that assad's government is losing control of more of syria. here's a quote "we need to look the facts in the eye and unfortunately we cannot exclude a victory by the opposition." russia was 1 of the votes that kept him from acting against assad. we heard this from native secretary general. >> i think the regime in damascus is approaching collapse. i think now is only a question of time. >>...
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this is typical president assad. now, he's meeting with the new defense minister, who's a sunni from hama. so he's actually somebody who's in a very tight spot. the fact that assad has surfaced is trying to tell everyone in the country two things, one, a, hey, i'm alive, and b, i have a defense minister to take the place of the one that was just killed. and that's going to lead us into the next response, which i fear will be the regime lashing out in massive force against its own people. >> hopefully not. i hope not to have that conversation with you. >> me too. >> andrew tabler, thank you. author of "in the lion's den." appreciate it. >>> we have a lot more to cover for you the next two hours, including this. >>> after days of bruising assaults against his campaign, mitt romney comes out swinging hard against president obama, and it's all over these four words, "you didn't build that." i'm brooke baldwin, the news is now. >>> the video is spine-chilling. a 10-year-old girl walking along a philadelphia street when th
this is typical president assad. now, he's meeting with the new defense minister, who's a sunni from hama. so he's actually somebody who's in a very tight spot. the fact that assad has surfaced is trying to tell everyone in the country two things, one, a, hey, i'm alive, and b, i have a defense minister to take the place of the one that was just killed. and that's going to lead us into the next response, which i fear will be the regime lashing out in massive force against its own people....
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russian foreign minister sergei levrov admitted the meeting did not mean support for bashar al assad was weakening. >>> today easily the second straight sunday that an nfl team played a game in the wake of tragedy. this player, jerry brown jr., of the dallas cowboys, died early yesterday in a car accident. brown was a passenger. the driver was his teammate, josh brent, who now has a $500,000 bond while facing charges he killed someone while driving drunk. police say brent's mercedes was moving very fast when he hurt a curb and flipped. josh brent has a history of dui. >>> an update to last week's tragedy in kansas city. new video released by police show javon bell cher hours before he killed his girlfriend then his. dash cam video shows police talking to belcher after they found him sleeping in his car. listen to what police told him in this advice i don't released by kansas city police. >> you live right here? >> yeah. >> okay, that's going to be your best bet. >> we're trying to cut you a break here. >> belcher told police he was going to a nearby apartment to see a woman. >>> a cl
russian foreign minister sergei levrov admitted the meeting did not mean support for bashar al assad was weakening. >>> today easily the second straight sunday that an nfl team played a game in the wake of tragedy. this player, jerry brown jr., of the dallas cowboys, died early yesterday in a car accident. brown was a passenger. the driver was his teammate, josh brent, who now has a $500,000 bond while facing charges he killed someone while driving drunk. police say brent's mercedes...
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but ahead, assad's forces lie in wait with machine guns and grenades. [ whispering ] we are going into aleppo, and now everyone is staying very low and keeping all of the lights off to figure out the best next move. we could not risk the tiny lights that the cameras make until we made it past the trees nearby. they say wounded and perhaps dead in the front rebel vehicles and trying to bring them back, but the major fear is a jet circling overhead in the past 15 or 20 minutes which keeps swooping low. their intense fear of not knowing if a bomber above can see them. later that day, state tv seems to headline this incident as a failed attack on an army checkpoint. the rebels must wish they were that organized. they lost two men and had many injured. they later learned the local rebels knew there was a military base on that road, but the information just never got to the unit. the many think that the rebels will be eventually victorious because they know the areas they are fight iing in better than t assad forces, but tonight, we witnessed on a local level how a lack of cooperation can be
but ahead, assad's forces lie in wait with machine guns and grenades. [ whispering ] we are going into aleppo, and now everyone is staying very low and keeping all of the lights off to figure out the best next move. we could not risk the tiny lights that the cameras make until we made it past the trees nearby. they say wounded and perhaps dead in the front rebel vehicles and trying to bring them back, but the major fear is a jet circling overhead in the past 15 or 20 minutes which keeps...
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. >> joining a revolution trying to overthrow president assad. inside the rebel army insists he is the highest level member of the regime to quit. no confirmation yet. indiana police say weather is to blame for a deadly multivehicle pile up this morning. at least 16 cars in tractor-trailer trucks smashed into each other in jasper county. one was kill and six others injured. fog plus smoke from a nearby fire made it tough for drivers to see. former congressman patrick kennedy said his friend and colleague jesse jackson jr. is beginning his journey to recovery. he visited with jackson at the mayo clinic this week where the chicago congressman is being treated for bipolar disorder on erin burnett out front, he is battling deep, deep depression. >> jesse is getting the help he needs and he needs to make that a priority. i am happy he is making it a priority. not only for his own sake, but for everybody whoa is watching who also feels the shame and stigma of suffering for depression and a mental illness. >> jackson has not been on capitol hill since m
. >> joining a revolution trying to overthrow president assad. inside the rebel army insists he is the highest level member of the regime to quit. no confirmation yet. indiana police say weather is to blame for a deadly multivehicle pile up this morning. at least 16 cars in tractor-trailer trucks smashed into each other in jasper county. one was kill and six others injured. fog plus smoke from a nearby fire made it tough for drivers to see. former congressman patrick kennedy said his...
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>> russian diplomats have been talking about possible asylum for assad. this bombing today has to play a part in the discussions in damascus. >> reporter: well, we certainly think it would have to, absolutely. and really is there any more striking juxtaposition as far as the failed attempts thus far by the diplomatic efforts of people like brahimi and kofi annan before him when you compare that to the horror on the ground, where hundred dollars of people have been killed according to the activists. time and again we've seen brahimi or before him kofi annan, regional power players, international power players, the u.n. and the arab league try to go into syria and try to forge some sort of path to peace, and why et it seems to have fallen on deaf years. these peace plans don't seem to take hold. the activists we spoke to said they don't believe this time will be any dferent. they fear for what will happen next. in the nearly two years since the uprising began in syria, since the civil war started, over 40,000 people have been killed there as a rul of the vi
>> russian diplomats have been talking about possible asylum for assad. this bombing today has to play a part in the discussions in damascus. >> reporter: well, we certainly think it would have to, absolutely. and really is there any more striking juxtaposition as far as the failed attempts thus far by the diplomatic efforts of people like brahimi and kofi annan before him when you compare that to the horror on the ground, where hundred dollars of people have been killed according...
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he says that the government, bashar al assad is no longer legitimate and he is backing the opposition. the one that wants to throw assad out of opposition, and he is still in a transition, but he is still talking about the violence in syria. >> some of the most serious violence is coming out of daraya, a suburb of damascus. there an account just two weeks before the city was overturned by people. and for safety reasons, we are not bringing you the journalist who brings us the report. >> reporter: downtown daraya, the people came together after nightly prayers for celebration. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: i travel to daraya on the outskir of damascus, because i have heard that after two months of throwing out authorities, they are declaring themselves free syria. i have promised not the reveal my identity for the safety of those who brought me here. watching the regime activists spent rebuilding the town. it is a sight i have never seen before in syria. the activists told me that they were eagerly in the next stage of the revolution. [ speaking foreign language ] >> repor
he says that the government, bashar al assad is no longer legitimate and he is backing the opposition. the one that wants to throw assad out of opposition, and he is still in a transition, but he is still talking about the violence in syria. >> some of the most serious violence is coming out of daraya, a suburb of damascus. there an account just two weeks before the city was overturned by people. and for safety reasons, we are not bringing you the journalist who brings us the report....
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when bashar al assad was studying to be an eye doctor. he's been there 40 years. he's 74 years old. would a guy like that pick up and leave and claim i have no idea what i was going on. he was a loyalist before bashar was there. he has not been seen in days and the man who was for so long the public face for the regime, and the man they sent to talk to visiting americans hasn't been seen. so people are wondering and now there are these reports from the opposition saying the reason you can't see him is the reason he isn't around is he's out of there. >> what would be the rp between he and any country, say like a jordan or turkey and places that might take him in. >> you wonder because the key thing for him is that he was viewed as potentially the man who might succeed bashar al assad because he hasn't been tied to the worst of the massacres and he's defending the worst of the carnage and if indeed there was a change in syria he could lead it. and bashar, and the community in syria and they have other allies very close to them and the army is mostly sunni and some of the key figures i
when bashar al assad was studying to be an eye doctor. he's been there 40 years. he's 74 years old. would a guy like that pick up and leave and claim i have no idea what i was going on. he was a loyalist before bashar was there. he has not been seen in days and the man who was for so long the public face for the regime, and the man they sent to talk to visiting americans hasn't been seen. so people are wondering and now there are these reports from the opposition saying the reason you can't see...
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the syrian national council is promising to pay soldiers to fight the assad regime. >>> it is the story that no one cab stop talking about. the shooting of trayvon martin. it seems like every day we learn about a new piece of the puzzle and every day the outrage only seems to grow. rather than allow the rhetoric to overshadow the facts of this case, we're going to step back and walk you through the night that trayvon martin was killed, minute by minute. 7:11 p.m. february 26th. a rainy night in sanford, florida. george zimmerman called 911 to report a suspicious person in his neighborhood. that call would last four minutes. >> hey, we've had some break-ins in my neighborhood and there's a real suspicious guy. [ bleep ]. the best address i can give you [ bleep ]. this guy looks like he's up to no good or he's on drugs or something. it's raining and he's just walking around, looking about. >> okay. this guy, white, black or hispanic? >> he looks black. >> did you see what he was wearing? >> yeah, a dark hoodie, like a gray hoodie. either jeans or sweat pants and white tennis shoes. he's h
the syrian national council is promising to pay soldiers to fight the assad regime. >>> it is the story that no one cab stop talking about. the shooting of trayvon martin. it seems like every day we learn about a new piece of the puzzle and every day the outrage only seems to grow. rather than allow the rhetoric to overshadow the facts of this case, we're going to step back and walk you through the night that trayvon martin was killed, minute by minute. 7:11 p.m. february 26th. a rainy...